Oscar-winning epic of the legendary Queen of the Nile and her two great
loves, Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. Caesar arrives in Egypt in 48 BC
to settle the dispute between Ptolemy and his sister, Cleopatra, who is
denied her rightful power. Caesar reinstates Cleopatra as sole ruler and
returns with her in triumph to Rome. But her passionate affair with
Mark Antony leads to scandal, deadly political plots and tragedy.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01k2gyk
First released on June 12, 1963
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Downloaded personally from BBC Iplayer on January 4th 2023